Driver who hit toll booth might have been asleep

The company that hired a Colorado man who died when he hit a toll plaza on the Kansas Turnpike said it appeared the man was asleep at the wheel.

However, the Kansas Highway Patrol said the cause of the accident is still under investigation.

Sergiy Angelchev, 30, of Aurora, Colo., died Saturday when his tractor-trailer hit the toll booth on westbound Interstate 70 in Leavenworth County. A passenger in the truck was hospitalized in critical condition.

The toll plaza was not staffed at the time of the accident.

The Lawrence Journal-World reported that Angelchev's manager for Eastern Freight Solutions said photos taken just before the crash appear to show him sleeping. He had driven about 955 miles in two days when the accident occurred.

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